Broken Breakdown

So we are getting closer to our trip, and the more things I cross off our "to do" and "to buy" lists the more I begin to contemplate the trip in a more philosophical way.  Instead of asking myself "what can we die from?" and "how many chocolate bars is enough?" I begin to ask myself "Can we afford to eat when we come back?" and "Am I BLEEPING nuts for taking a two year old on this trip?"

Hubs and I are routine people, we will admit it.  We are the slow and steady people, our romance blossomed at school when we were the only people working on our projects every Saturday morning at 9am.  You are welcome to call us lame, we can take it.  Consequently, our little spawn Poohpers also loves her routine, and we spoon feed it to her willingly.

Some of you might not know, but toddlers go through a "broken" phase.  What happens is, if things such as cookies and toys are in imperfect condition, they throw fits and cry, and refuse to have anything to do with the offending object.  Recently we have entered the broken phase.  Mostly it's been funny because Daddy is the offender.  Can you believe he had the nerve to actually CUT  a piece off the ginormous salad roll to give her?  Or the fact that he stirred her yogurt INTO the lentils!  Obviously it called for a major breakdown.  But this morning when we left to walk to daycare, I have the audacity to walk through the building and out the other door!  (Hey, it's friggin cold outside!)  Well, this extra 2 mins of warmth for me resulted in a 10 min walk to daycare with a screaming, crying toddler.  How dare I break with routine.

This is what leads me to question my sanity.  Maybe taking Poohpers to visit Ajima when she was only two months old and I didn't know what I was doing as a mom, and we could both die horrible, painful deaths from crazy diseases, wasn't actually such a bad idea after all....

If using a different doorway causes a major meltdown, what will throwing the entire schedule out the window for 36 hrs of travel do to this child? 

Or maybe the better question is; what will throwing MY entire schedule out the window for 36 hrs of travel with a two year old cause me to do to this child...